37 AND 39, KIRKGATE

37 and 39 Kirkgate are two houses that have been converted into a coffee house, restaurant, and florist. They date from the late 16th century and early 17th century, with alterations made in the early and mid-19th century and late 20th century. The buildings feature timber framing with rendered nogging and an underbuild, topped with a 20th-century pantile roof and two ridge stacks.

House 37, on the left, displays box framing with projecting eaves supported by wooden brackets. It has two storeys and four bays, with a two-window range of glazing bar Yorkshire sashes, the right one being larger. Below, there is a 19th-century shallow box-shaped bay window, flanked on the left by an elaborately moulded doorcase that contains an altered half-glazed beaded panelled door. To the right, there is a blocked doorway with a moulded recess, and both doorways have ventilators above them. The two-storey rear wing includes a single-storey addition with a catslide roof, which forms a butcher's shop. Inside the rear wing, there is a stud wall with a blocked traceried 16th-century wooden window and an elaborately moulded doorcase. The first floor features a single corner post, wall paintings, stud partitions, and an altered moulded stone fireplace.

House 39, on the right, has close studding without bay divisions. It also has two storeys and a three-window range, with two glazing bar Yorkshire sashes, the right one being smaller, and a 19th-century casement to the right. Below, there is a central half-glazed door with a barred ventilator, flanked on the left by a late 18th-century sash with panelled shutters and on the right by a 20th-century glazing bar shop window. To the right again, there is an entry marked "St. Leonard's Court." The rear features a 19th-century two-storey addition with rendered walls and a slate roof, along with a gabled stair turret. Inside, there are three truss posts, two of which are jowled, and a crown post roof, along with a rear winder stair.

It is said that 37 was the residence of Lady Leake, who hosted Queen Henrietta Maria during her stay in Newark during the Civil War.